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Alliance for Peace and Democracy (Hong Kong)

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Alliance for Peace and Democracy
Chinese: 保普選保和平大聯盟
Formation3 July 2014 (2014-07-03)
PurposeConservatism
Anti-Occupy Central
Spokespersons
Robert Chow,[1]
Ng Chau-pei,
Brave Chan Yung[2]
AffiliationsPro-Beijing camp
Websitewww.peaceforhk.com
Formerly called
保普選反佔中大聯盟
Robert Chow, spokesman of the Alliance for Peace and Democracy.[3]
The former logo of the alliance.

The Alliance for Peace and Democracy (Chinese: 保普選保和平大聯盟; lit. 'The Protect-Universal Suffrage and Protect-Peace Alliance',[4] formerly 保普選反佔中大聯盟, literally: "The Protect-Universal Suffrage and Anti-Occupy Central Alliance") is a pro-Beijing[5][6] political group based in Hong Kong.[7] It was founded on 3 July 2014 by members of the pro-Beijing alliance including 40 pro-Beijing groups and scholars,[6] many of whom are also members of the pro-Beijing group Silent Majority for Hong Kong, and was backed by the pro-Beijing Parties Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and The New People's Party.[8]

The Alliance was established to counter the Occupy Central movement,[5][8] and it received widespread media attention when it launched a month-long signature campaign for people who oppose the Occupy Central Movement, which lasted from 19 July to 17 August 2014.[2][5][9][10] The campaign claimed it had collected over a million signatures supporting the campaign,[11] although questions were raised over credibility of the number of signatures collected.[12] Despite the Alliance's efforts, the Occupy Central movement commenced officially on 27 September 2014, giving rise to the 2014 Hong Kong protests which was severely criticised by the Alliance.[13] The Alliance also admitted that they underestimated the impact of the movement.[14]

The Alliance subsequently launched a second signature campaign after the commencement of the Occupy Central movement, demanding protesters to "free our roads" and to "restore law and order". It lasted from 25 October 2014 to 2 November 2014.[1] A third signature campaign was held by the alliance after the Occupy Central movement from 9 May 2015 to 17 May 2015, amassing support for the 2014–15 Hong Kong electoral reform.[15]

  1. ^ a b "Alliance For Peace and Democracy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 20140820hksmary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Chow doesn't want broadcasting job". The Standard. Hong Kong. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  4. ^ "反佔中大聯盟改名 周六起設街站撐政改" (in Chinese). Hong Kong: 信報. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Siu, Beatrice (4 July 2014). "Pro-Beijing counter group born". The Standard. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b Chan, Samuel (14 July 2014). "Hundreds join march against Occupy Central". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  7. ^ Noble, Josh (29 July 2014). "HK petition denounces pro-democracy movement". Financial Times. Hong Kong. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b Chan, Kahon (19 July 2014). "Petition against 'Occupy' begins". China Daily. Hong Kong. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  9. ^ Wong, Alan (21 July 2014). "Campaign Tries Tapping into Hong Kong's 'Silent Majority'". The New York Times. Hong Kong. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  10. ^ Ma, Mary (12 September 2014). "Boycott hotline opens can of worms". The Standard. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  11. ^ Ngai, Edward (18 August 2014) "Hong Kong's Pro-Beijing Groups March to Oppose Occupy Central". The Wall Street Journal.
  12. ^ "Questions raised over credibility of planned anti-Occupy Signatures". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  13. ^ 昊, 顏; 張晶 (29 September 2014). 香港各界譴責"佔領中環"非法集會 呼籲和平理性表達訴求 (in Chinese). China: International Daily News. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  14. ^ 周融：佔中的影響較想像中大 (in Chinese). Hong Kong: now新聞台. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference WWP2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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